We ran out of time for a 4th of July party, no fireworks or even a BBQ, along with 1 child in Spain.  

It’s the best we could do this year, but we don’t forget!  

Language Study in Europe or in Anglophone Countries

For those interested in a language or study abroad program in Europe (English speakers) or a summer program in England, USA, Ireland, or Canada (French speakers), check out https://www.futurystic.com (use Google Chrome to translate).

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Paris South Half-Marathon 🌟 EIC Paris Men 🌟 Beautiful spring day in Paris

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Instagram Posts

When you make a trek to Paris for speech therapy, it’s worth it when she is lovely! Video in our stories🌟 Enjoy your weekend!

The Bible Project ❤️Took a chance to teach biblical theology to kids under 10 and they were hooked!

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Mississippi, the week before Christmas

-December 20, 2022
John Hugh:  Coming Home for Christmas

Christmas week 2022:  we are not in France.  We have been back in the USA, seeing friends and family and enjoying being home again. Yet is it home?  Of course, we are where I was born and raised, full of familiar faces and people about whom I care dearly. 

And yet, it’s not altogether our home anymore either.

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December 4, 2022

“Hark the Herald Angels Sing” series

Verse 1

Luke 2: 8-14

“The Mild Mercy of God”  

This is my favorite time of year.  It’s the darkest time of year.  Literally, here in Northern Europe, I wake up early, and there’s no daylight until 8:30am.  Yet in this dark world, and it is a dark world, light has entered into it. 

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-John Hugh

One of my passions outside of faith and family are books – the others being baseball & bucks, which for those who don’t know means deer hunting & watching.  I love to read.  I have favorite authors who have shaped me – Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway.  Yet, and not just saying this, the greatest reading experience I’ve had in my life has been this – The Lymond Chronicles.

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-John Hugh

I recently returned from my first trip back to the States.  I went for my home church’s 150th birthday as well as to visit family, friends, and partners.  For this trip, it was just myself and my middle son.  It was a great trip back, for different reasons.

First, because for the first time in a long while, things were similar again.  I didn’t have to expend a lot of mental energy each day navigating transportation with 1 car and a heavy reliance on public transport around school drop-off, work meetings, kids’ activities, and making sure we had basic, daily necessities.  

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My turn on a skateboard at the skate park

– Linda
The elusiveness of dreams

Nothing in life is guaranteed.   I’ve heard that phrase all my life, and I’ve spent 99% of my life making sure everything is guaranteed.   Why did I work so hard in school to attend university?  To guarantee a good career.  Why did I marry the person before me today?  Because I felt the echo of “happily ever after” beckoning me to marry this man.  

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Update:

 This beautiful family felt led to foster two children and wrote this post originally in 2020.  If you are not familiar with the foster care system in the United States, please keep reading below.

As of May 2022, and there is a new beginning to this story.  

From Deidre:

I will NEVER look at this photo and not see God’s goodness.  This photo represents so many emotions.  

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Luxembourg Gardens – A beautiful spring day in Paris on Easter Weekend 2022

 Watch our 1 min Easter 2022 devotion
 – John Hugh

The day after our first Easter in France.  What was it like?  How did it feel?  What are some reflections?

Easter is always Easter no matter where you are.  Sometimes, I think we get caught up so much in the trappings of where we are that we miss the true sense of the day.  

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Palais Garnier Good Friday 2022.  Photo taken by our special needs middle child – very proud!

Stay tuned for more quick devotions as we update our blog throughout Easter Weekend!

Click this link to watch our quick Good Friday video devotion.

 – John Hugh

 I have long been fascinated by art in Christianity, or Christian art, or Christians who work the arts.  Perhaps it began as a child painting ceramic nativity scenes with my Grandmother.  

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